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Famous people · Live Oak

16 famous people from Live Oak, many of them athletes

Kevarrius Hayes, the central African Republic basketball player, is the most widely known, written about in 10 languages. The list is still growing: 5 were born since 1970. Between 1920 and 1969, 6 were born, the most of any period. Only 47 of the 284 towns in Florida with anyone on record list more.

#3 best knownHerbert PerrySports · born 1969
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Born here
16
notable people
Best known
Kevarrius Hayes
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1868
J. B. Johnson
Youngest
1997
Kevarrius Hayes
Most common field
Sports
11 people

What stands out about Live Oak’s famous people

★ What stands out · Known for

What Live Oak is known for

The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.9 times.

The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.

Through the years

When Live Oak’s famous people were born

The 1960s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.

Mills & railroadsThe American centuryToday1850190019502000J. B. JohnsonKelly JenningsJoe Lang Kershaw
SportsNotablePolitics & LawWriting & Arts

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

The best known

Born in Live Oak

Two of the three are athletes.

KH#1
Sports

Kevarrius Hayes

born 1997

Central African Republic basketball player

10 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
WN#2
Notable

William Newsome

born 1952

American neuroscientist

6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Herbert Perry#3
Sports

Herbert Perry

born 1969

American college baseball player, Major League baseball player, third baseman

4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Everyone

Everyone else born in Live Oak

13 more, 9 of them athletes.

JN

Jimmy Nelson

1919–1986

American football halfback

Joe Lang Kershaw

Joe Lang Kershaw

1911–1999

American politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Kelly Jennings

Kelly Jennings

born 1982

American football defensive back

KB

Kerwin Bell

born 1965

American football player, quarterback, coach

Andra Davis

Andra Davis

born 1978

American football player, linebacker

CP

Chan Perry

born 1972

American college baseball player, minor league baseball player, Major League Baseball player, infielder, outfielder

DW

Del Williams

1945–1984

American football player

Edmund Nelson

Edmund Nelson

born 1960

American football player

FS

Fain Skinner

born 1985

American karting champion and stock car racing driver

LD

Lawrence Murray Dixon

1901–1949

American architect

Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
J. B. Johnson

J. B. Johnson

1868–1940

American politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Live Oak and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.

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